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Leveraging resources such as virtual data rooms and shared labs makes it easier for biotech startups to grow. This is good news: We need more companies attacking cancer from novel…
Tech’s ability to reinvent the wheel can mean ignoring truths that others have learned. But new founders are sometimes figuring it out for themselves faster than predecessors.
Kai Kloepfer started biometric “smart” gun startup Biofire as a science fair project after the Aurora, Colorado, mass shooting in 2012 brought the U.S.’s gun violence problem close to home.…
The NFT space has lost a lot of its sparkle over the past few years, but that hasn’t stopped some founders, investors and projects from trucking along in hopes of…
It appears emerging price points for AI-powered software products will boost the total addressable market for technology products and help reaccelerate growth at tech companies big and small.
Many of Latin America’s SaaS businesses outperform others at efficiency metrics, but capital scarcity also puts a limit to innovation, although AI could change that.
Everbridge’s deal shows that startups shouldn’t expect their valuations to be salvaged that much by cash generation if their growth is all but zero.
VCs have long supported fast-fashion companies but the controversies and lawsuits they draw makes them riskier investments.
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a16z’s Chris Dixon thinks it’s time to focus on blockchains’ use cases, not speculation
“I’m not anti-speculation, but I think it’s a question of priorities… It’s putting the cart before the horse.”
Even though the two sectors are reaching different levels of mainstream adoption, they are also facing challenges that the other could potentially help alleviate.
It’s not hard to spot the human pain in the market today.
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Ethereum developer interest hit new all-time highs in 2023 despite a bear market
Last year, 2023, was especially a home run for Ethereum, which saw SDK installs increase 31% year-over year.
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Pitch competitions help level the playing field for underrepresented founders, but it isn’t enough
Pitch competitions are a bright spot for underrepresented founders but not without burdens that regular funding doesn’t have.
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Why there’s no clear winning pricing strategy in B2B SaaS
New data from Maxio indicates that both consumption and subscription pricing have their advantages when it comes to growth, but not at the same time.
Reddit’s feeling out its own IPO valuation is crucial, especially given that hightened regulatory scrutiny is restricting M&A as an exit avenue for unicorns.
Swiss startup Terra Quantum says it has discovered a form of graphite that superconducts. But other researchers aren’t convinced.
Some thoughts on AI aesthetics, the challenge of uninsurability, and how to pitch a biotech startup to non-experts.
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Was HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition a wise move?
As you’ll see, the companies think the numbers look pretty good, and they really do match up well (so long as HPE doesn’t mess it up).
January has thus far seen 23,670 known tech layoffs, sourced from 85 known reductions, and hitting tech shops big and small.
Allianz Direct, a digital-first German subsidiary of the insurance giant, has acquired the French home insurance business of ailing insurtech Luko for €4.3 million (around $4.65 million).
Which startups are drawing the most praise from venture folks? A new list compiled by GGV US provides some hints.
Data from various surveys show that there’s an exodus in academia where it concerns top AI talent — and where they end up.
Despite all the enthusiasm, there’s a niggling detail that deserves our attention: AI startups often have worse economics than most software startups.
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1RoundTable bets on ‘long-term, less volatile’ strategy with new growth-stage crypto fund
The past couple of years have been challenging, and sometimes deadly, for many crypto and web3 startups, but Dan Tapiero, CEO, CIO and managing partner of 10T Holdings and 1RoundTable Partners, is not worried. In fact, in the midst of raising the firm’s fourth fund, he seems to be positively cheery about the state of…
Like a tenacious balloon, no matter how hard crypto gets knocked down, it tends to float back up again. But the current crypto bust looks a bit different.
The oil supermajor filed a lawsuit in federal court asking for permission to ignore a shareholder resolution, sidestepping the SEC.
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After 12 years, Ripple’s president sees its payment and enterprise businesses evolving further
Distinct from the Ripple network and protocol, the XRP Ledger is a decentralized public ledger with an open-source code base that anyone can contribute to…
Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ.
We all make mistakes. But sometimes we forget that technology does, too — especially when it comes to AI, which is still in its early days in many respects.
Startups are in a difficult spot. But the good news is that some untraveled and overgrown exit paths have a chance of opening up this year.